Genesis 37:20

Bible › Genesis › Chapter 37 › Verse 20

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

In other translations

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

Hebrew words

וְעַתָּה׀ve'atahand nowH6258לְכוּlekhucomeH1980וְנַהַרְגֵהוּvenahargehuand let us kill himH2026וְנַשְׁלִכֵהוּvenashlikhehuand let us throw himH7993בְּאַחַדbe'achadin one ofH259הַבֹּרוֹתhaborotthe pitsH953וְאָמַרְנוּve'amarnuand we will sayH559חַיָּהchaiyahan animalH2416רָעָהra'ahwildH7451אֲכָלָתְהוּ'akhalatehuit has eaten himH398וְנִרְאֶהvenir'ehand we may seeH7200מַה־mah-what?H4100יִּהְיוּyihyuwill <they> beH1961חֲלֹמֹתָיו׃chalomotavdreams hisH2472

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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